Starting pointPTTK Water
Campsite in the village
STARY FOLWARK.
City busses from Suwałki go there.

Short
trail description
Czarna Hańcza
is one of the Niemno tributaries, with the beginning near
Wiżajny.
It is 141,7 km long (in Poland 107,8 km). We probably don’t
need to describe the beauty of the Czarna Hańcza trail, as
it is one of the best known kayak trails in Poland. It has
two faces: extreme and popular. The extreme part is between
two lakes: Hańcza and Wigry, it is 47 km long and at some
places the water goes down at the angle of 4%. There are
many obstacles in the shallow water, which makes this place
something really for those who like kayak trekking- and only
in spring. Behind the Wigry lake the river is quite
different. Any kayak fan should get to know this trail going
through the Augustowski Forest. Our rally starts in the
village
Stary Folwark.
If you are here, you have to visit an old monastery
with a church from the 17th Century in the
village Wigry. Czarna Hańcza behind the Wigry lake is a very
wide river, with no obstacles and with enough water for any
time of the year. Unfortunately in the village
Rygol
we say good-bye to Czarna Hańcza, as just a few kilometres
further it goes through the border of Belarus. From this
point we’ll be going on the
Augustowski Channel,
built in the 19th Century. On the way to Augustów
we’ll go through seven sluices
and watch all the hydrotechnical devices from a close
distance. The rally ends in
Augustów.
You can see an old post office from the year 1829 here (ul.
Legionów), as well as the exhibition concerning the Channel
in the local Museum. Ouer new site in German
Kanu Czarna
Hancza